United States History Unit 8 Progressive Era Imperialism

United States History Unit 8 Progressive Era Imperialism Test Review

Who wrote about the corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company? 1.

Ida Tarbell

Which laws restricted or ended children as workers? 2.

Child Labor Laws

What legislative act virtually banned Chinese immigration to America for over 60 years? 3.

Chinese Exclusion Act

Which procedure permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election? 4.

recall

Which process allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by the legislature? 5.

referendum

What process allows voters to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in an election by collecting voters signatures on a petition? 6.

initiative

Why did American unions oppose Chinese immigration? 7.

By accepting low wages they drove all wages down.

The ___ Amendment, ratified in 1913, provided for the direct election of U. S. Senators. 8.

17 th Amendment

What type of law sets the lowest amount that can be paid to an employee? 9.

Minimum Wage Law

Roosevelt’s government passed the ____ in response to problems in the food industry. 10.

Pure Food and Drugs and Meat Inspection Act

Who wrote the book, “The Jungle, ” that exposed the corruption in the meat packing industry? 11.

Upton Sinclair

This refers to the policy in which strong nations attempt to create empires using weaker nations. 12.

Imperialism

What Spanish-American War veteran was made famous enough to later become Vice-President and then President? 13.

Teddy Roosevelt

What U. S. ship was sunk and resulted in inflaming the passions of Americans to go to war with Spain? 14.

U. S. S. Maine

The most famous incident of the Spanish-American War was the______, led by Teddy Roosevelt. 15.

Charge up San Juan Hill

Theodore Roosevelt’s military unit was st the 1 Volunteer Calvary, better known as the_______. 16.

Rough Rider’s

Cuban rebels tried to overthrow what country on their island nation? 17.

Spain

What did America gain from the Spanish-American War? 18.

Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines became U. S. territories.

When a newspaper prints exaggerated, sensational stories & statements, to increase its readership, (profits) that is referred to as _______. 19.

Yellow Journalism

Besides Cuba, where else was Spain also facing a revolt? 20.

The Philippines

What was the first development that led to the Spanish-American War? 21.

Cubans rebelling against Spanish rule

What book was about the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry? 22.

“The Jungle”

What doctrine was Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) about? 23.

“Separate but Equal” (segregation)

What organization used the legal system to try and end racial segregation & discrimination? 24.

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

The home for the underprivileged, built by Jane Addams, in Chicago was called the ________. 25.

Hull House

The system of rules, in the South, that made segregation the land the law of was called _____? 26.

Jim Crow Laws

Who led major reform movements th in the late 19 and early th 20 century? 27.

Female reformers

President Roosevelt’s foreign policy was based on which African proverb? 28.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”

This document had guided American foreign policy for much th of the 19 century. 29.

Monroe Doctrine

Name Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine. 30.

Roosevelt Corollary

President Roosevelt believed that building the Panama Canal was very important. Why? 31.

Increase shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Which country owned the land on which the U. S. wanted to build the Panama Canal on? 32.

Colombia

How did the U. S. support Panama in forming their own country? 33.

Placing warships off the Colombian coast to assist Panamanian rebels.

What was Thomas Edison’s invention that used a new type of filament? 34.

Light bulb

Which Thomas Edison invention radically changed mass entertainment? 35.

Motion Picture

How did railroads improve the steel business? 36.

Made the shipping of steel and raw materials cheaper and faster.

How did railroads influence the growth of big business? 37.

Railroads became a successful business model for large companies.

Which Thomas Edison invention revolutionized music? 38.

Phonograph

Where did most European immigrants, in the late 19 th th 20 and early century, arrive in the United States? 39.

Ellis Island

th 20 By the century, most European immigrants came from this part of the world. 40.

Southern and Eastern Europe

New technologies and industries, in the late 19 th century, meant… 41.

More Americans worked in factories and used electricity at home.

This organization gained power by forming a network of craft unions and using collective bargaining. 42.

American Federation of Labor

Why did the western population explode after the Civil War? 43.

Crowded eastern states and available western land

Name the Indian warrior who led the Lakota to victory at Little Big Horn. 44.

Crazy Horse Sitting Bull

The last episode in the Indian Wars, where 200 Sioux prisoners were massacred, was called the Battle at _______. 45.

Wounded Knee

Why was there unrest and increased union activity in the late th 19 46. century?

Long working hours and harsh working conditions